Cold Reading In Magic... An essay of sorts

Alrighty, so I thought I’d sit down and write to y’all about something I’ve been doing for a long while that’s such a brilliant little thing to throw into any magical presentation. Cold reading. A brief explanation for those who don’t know what it is; a technique used by many phony psychics making clever use of words and reading body language and verbal signals to give the impression of an explicitly accurate psychic reading. I’m not going to explain in any depth how cold reading works, but if you’re interested I highly recommend Ian Rowland’s book “The Full Facts Book of Cold Readingâ€